An Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 2022 sign on the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok, where the Apec summit is scheduled to be held. Bloomberg Thailand is scheduled to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) 2022 summit later this week. Established in 1989, Apec is a […]
Day: November 13, 2022
Building Thai entrepreneurs’ future workforce
The past two years have been rough for all business owners and staff. We have seen some great success stories, but many seasoned workers have lost their careers, and many young people are struggling to take their first footsteps into the workplace. While the younger […]
Explosion in the heart of Turkey’s Istanbul kills six, injures 81
Six people have been killed and 81 others wounded as an explosion rocked a busy pedestrian street in central Istanbul, in an incident that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called a bomb attack that “smells like terrorism”. On Sunday, ambulances raced to the scene on […]
What future do cryptocurrencies have after the fall of FTX?
One of the world’s largest crypto exchanges says it is investigating hundreds of millions of dollars of unauthorised withdrawals. Analysts say millions of dollars’ worth of assets have been moved from the platform. FTX filed for bankruptcy on Friday. It says it wants legal protection […]
Thousands protest in Spanish capital against state of healthcare
Tens of thousands of Spanish public health workers and their supporters staged a demonstration on Sunday to demand more primary healthcare staff, and to protest against what they say is the progressive dismantling of the public health system in favour of private providers by the […]
Natasa Pirc Musar on course to win Slovenia’s presidential vote
Natasa Pirc Musar, a liberal lawyer and former TV presenter, is on course to become Slovenia’s first female president after preliminary results showed the 54-year-old has won the presidential runoff. Pirc Musar, backed by the centre-left government, won 54 percent of the votes in Sunday’s […]
Explosion in Turkey’s Istanbul kills six, injures 81
Six people have been killed and 81 others wounded as an explosion rocked a busy pedestrian street in central Istanbul, in an incident that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called a bomb attack that “smells like terrorism”. On Sunday, ambulances raced to the scene on […]
Saudi winger dropped from World Cup squad over doping case
Fahad al-Muwallad will not be travelling to Qatar after he was dropped from Saudi Arabia’s 26-man squad for the World Cup “as a precaution” due to the 28-year-old winger’s failed doping test in February. Al-Muwallad, who has 17 international goals under his belt, had been […]
Israeli air strikes in Syria kill two soldiers, wound three
Israeli air strikes killed two Syrian soldiers and wounded three in the central province of Homs, Syrian state media has reported. Syrian air defences responded to “hostile targets over southeastern Homs province”, intercepting “several of them”, the state-controlled news agency SANA said on Sunday. Citing […]
Photos: Anti-government protests grip Albania
Opposition protesters in Albania scuffled with police on Saturday, November 12 in front of the office of Prime Minister Edi Rama in the capital Tirana, where tens of thousands had gathered to protest against corruption and rising poverty. After demonstrating peacefully for around three hours, […]